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Baby P relative implicated in child sex ring

A relative of Baby P, who died after sustained abuse, was known by police and social services to be involved in a suspected paedophile ring, it emerged this weekend.

The close relative was named in the children's homes scandal in Islington, north London, in the 1990s in which youngsters in council care were alleged to have been abused by paedophiles and driven into prostitution.

The relative was considered such a key figure in the scandal that an independent report was commissioned on his role. It found that he had been singled out by suspected child abusers and was subsequently alleged to have recruited other children for wealthy paedophiles.

According to the report the child was involved with three pimps suspected of being involved in child abuse. These men telephoned or called at the children's homes and persuaded him with money, drugs and threats to bring other children to them.